| 摘要 |
An active termination circuit having localized potential supplies for clamping a signal on a transmission line in an electronic device is described. The active termination circuit is configured to clamp the signal on the transmission line to one of a first reference voltage level and a second reference voltage level. In one embodiment, the active termination circuit includes a bottom clamping transistor coupled to a first localized potential having a bottom clamping transistor control node arranged for clamping the signal at about a first reference voltage. The active termination circuit also includes a top clamping transistor coupled to a second localized potential having a top clamping transistor control node arranged for clamping the signal at about a second reference voltage. Any voltage excursions at the first localized potential does not affect the first localized reference voltage, and vice versa and any voltage excursions at the second localized potential does not affect the second localized reference voltage, and vice versa.
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